protocols -- System Administration

Name communications protocols
/etc/protocols

The file  /etc/protocols describes the  Internet protocols that  your local
host recognizes.   Each line  within this  file describes one  protocol.  A
description consists of the following fields:

-> The protocol's official name.

-> Its number.

-> Aliases, if any, for the protocol name.

Any text that  follows the character `#' is comment,  and is ignored by any
program that reads this file.

For example:

    icmp   1    ICMP    # internet control message protocol
    ggp    3    GGP     # gateway-gateway protocol
    tcp    6    TCP     # transmission control protocol

See Also

Administering COHERENT,
hosts,
hosts.equiv,
inetd.conf,
networks,
services

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness